# The Deposit Scheme for Drinks Containers (Wales) Regulations 2026, Regulation 34: The overseas refund amount: supplementary provisions


(1) The deposit management organisation may determine that the overseas refund amount—
(a) is the same for all overseas scheme items subject to a particular specified overseas scheme, or
(b) is different for different overseas scheme items subject to that particular scheme.
(2) The deposit management organisation may, when determining or revising an overseas refund amount for an overseas scheme item, have regard to the deposit payable for that item under the specified overseas scheme concerned.
(3) In paragraph (1)(b), the deposit management organisation may, in particular, determine an overseas refund amount by reference to any or all of the following—
(a) the size of the container;
(b) the in-scope material from which the container is wholly or mainly made;
(c) the nature of the specified overseas scheme to which the overseas scheme item relates.
(4) But an overseas refund amount for an overseas scheme item must not exceed the refund for a comparable refund item.
(5) In paragraph (4), a refund item is “comparable” to an overseas scheme item if—
(a) it is of the same size,
(b) it is made wholly or mainly from the same in-scope material, and
(c) where the overseas scheme item is from a drink that was supplied in a multipack, the refund item is from a deposit item that was supplied in a multipack.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2026/103/regulation/34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/deposit-scheme-for-drinks-containers-wales-regulations-2026/regulation-34
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